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Ice; 3 f (l4 . 34 , 39 4 A bz tons •TLtE DUKE OP The Duke of Kent having seen a recent puhlica tion, entitled the " RivolPritice.t,7 in which he is charged with having sanctiotted and enconraged the adoption and prosecution of measurts tending to the manifest leov of a brother's honour and interests, it is irnpossaile that he should not feel anxious to counteradiMmediaiely the impression which most dwell, with the county, while such foul and unme aspersiuns remain .unnoticed. To remove, therefore, from his character moat stigma which tVould justly attach to it, •it it were not in his tower to prove that there has nut at any time existed the smallest foundation for a charge, at the very idea of Which every honest naan must recoil with horror and inflignation— The Duke of Kent has determined to lay before the Public the following Declaration, which was made and committed to paper by Captain Dodd, on the 26th day of J':ty last, in the presence of the Earl of Harrington and Colonel Vesey, and which Was delivered to him, to be used at his discietion.— Jtt that period the D'eke i was induced to require this Declaration, with a view to his own satisfaCtion, in consequerice of various reports and insinuations - which have gained circulation. The communication of it was consequently confined to his own family, and to some of his friends; and he had flatteted iihnself that it would be unnecesiary to make any - appeal to the Public on a matter which riff : et-led 4naself exclusively , : nor is it without sincere con- Cern, that he nos finds himself under the neces,ity of entering thus publicly into a vindication of his conduct. He is, however, confident that every liberal mind will give him credit for taking a step 'which he feels to be due to his character, to the honour and dignity of his family, and which , marks his anxiety to stand well with the country in general. QUERIES PUT TO CAPTAIN DODD BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT, AND HIS AN SWERS THERETO, 26TH. JULY . , 1809.. Q. Have I either direCtly or indirectly sanctioned, advised, or encouraged any attack upon the Duke of York.—A. Never. (Signed . T. Dodd.) Q. Have I had to your kiowledge any acquaint ance or communication with Colonel Wardle, or any of the persons concerned in bringing forward the investigation respecting the, Duke of York's con duii, which took place in Parliament last winter, tither dired or indireot ?—A. I. feel confident that your !royal Highness has no such knowledge or ac quaintance. (T. Dodd.) Q. Have I, to your knowledge, ever had any 4 equaintancelwith, or knowledge of Mrs. Clarke, or any communication. w ith her dired or indirect, upon the subject above-named, or any other ?---A. I am confident your Royal Highness never had. (Signed T. Dodd.) ' Q. Have I ever expressed to you any sentiment Which could induce you to believe that I approved Vf what was brought forward in Parliament against the Duke of York,_ or of any proceeding that would tend to his obloquy or disgrace ?—A. Never. I' have heard your Royal Highness lament the business viva voce, and you made the same communication to me in writing: (Signed T. Dodd.) Q, Have yOu ever, to your recollection, express ed yourself, either by word or in writing, either•to Colonel Wardle or Mrs. Clarke, or to any other Person conne&ed with the investigation on the Duke of York's contract, in any way that could,gire them reason to suppose that I approved of the measure, or would countenance those concerned ,in bringing it forward ?—A. Never. But have, On the con trary, expressed myself, that your Royal Highness Would have a very different feeling. (Signed T. boild•) Q. What were my expressions on the subjea of the Pamphlet which appeared, passing censure on the conduct of the D u k e o f York, and others of Thy family, and holding up my chargter to praise ; mod what have been the sentiments which I have ,boitormly expressed on similar publications, whether In the newspapers or otherwise I have inva riably heard your Royal Highness regret that any Person should attempt to do justice to your own V2araCler at the expence of that of the Duke of York, or any other member of your famdy. (Signed 4.- • Dodd.) CI During the ten years you haVe been my Pri- Val e Secretary, when, in the most confidential mo !bents, I have given vent to my wounded feelings_ t 'P'-'n professional subjects, did you ever hear me t lcPress my se lf i n i m i ca l to t h e D u k e o f Y ork, or that I entertained an expeEtation of raising myself his fall?—A. Never; on the contrary, I have equently heard your Royal Highness express your (letf Very differently. (I'. Dodd.) The above questions,l.vrit ten in Colonel . Vesey's !land, were all dictated by me, (Signed) LI the presepce of'Lord HARRINGTON. (Signed) EDWARD. HARRINGTON, J. A. VESEY. liespeeling the affairs of Spain, the Paris Papers Of the loth contain the following articles, which are IsOrtleWh3t interesting : PAnis, JUNE 10.—Letters from Bayonne of the ad inst. speak of the uninterrupted passage of troops lhrough that to w n f or S pa i n . A mong t h ose rein :oreernents are about 500 artillerymen, who were lrh ttiedhately tollowed by a number of cannon, cais. N, &c. We daily expect the arrival of 8000 fu tqeers of the I mper i a l G uar d , w h o are to proceed 4 6 Burg os , w h ere t h ey are to remain till further or ers• The sh ar p- s h ooters an d c h asseuts o f the Im cella! Guard "begin to arrive here. They have .been e viewed, an d t h e i r fi ne military air and discipline 'excite the admiration of all who see them. Acc:,rding to letters from Spain, his Majesty ix-i)g JOSEP H will not remain long in that city, but to e on th ia point of setti ng ou t on t h e E xpe d it i on Valenc. T• he army of MASSENA for Portugal is daily rein ?reed. It is said to amount to more than• 80,0001. is further said to be in motion for Ciudad Rod :Igo. where th e A ng l o P ortuguese A rmy have col ec• ted almost the whole of their force. It is not :beaTtllie. k ohed that ti m E ng li s h will. rid; the issue of a We exp e A in a w clip to receive very in ' 1 esl ing intelligence from that quarter. t. BY biters Cr ow Biib oa we are informed, that ! I "rai liosiNgT foil in with a band of insurgenti t 4 ittt ()Vied°, ahich he mock Otto prisoners, and th reraba4cer to REPORT. COURT OF KING'S LIENGH, IvNe 16. LEE V. BLAQUIE'RE. ABBOTT otlened the case. This was an' ac- Lion. of damage. for Criminal Conversation with the wife of 'lie plaintiff; &c. &c. Mr. GARliow addressed the Jury.—°r Gentlemen, this is one of those unhappy cases which unfortu nately appear too often in Courts of Justice, and justice cannot be more laudably or usefully exerted than in chastising to the utterinost the crime of which I have now to complain. I shall shortly stale the circumstances : The plaintiff. is a clergy man of the most respedable character; a man of distinguished learning and morals, and one of the chaplains of the Prince of Wales. In 1804 he married; and, if it were riot presurnptubus in any man to think that his happiness was • within his own power, he might have been said to have se cured, by ilia' aa, no common chance of happiness, I have not- seen Its wife, but I am told she is a, wo man of exquisite beauty. The marriage was alto ' gether a union, of affection, and it promised the '• rnoq fortunate results to his future life. They,con - tinned lb live 'for some years in the most perfect harmony. In this I speak advisedly, for it is quite certain that if any thing to the disadvantage of the Plaintiff can be alleged, you will hear it. The wife of the Plaintiff is now living with the adulterer ; and it is not to be expected that any surviving feel ing of delicacy will prevent her from publishing all that she can remember to defeat this action. I pro ceed to the narrative. While they lived is this peEt union, the Plaintiff a n d hi s w if e went d own to Ramsgate, and Mrs. Lee, an interesting and ele gant young woman, joined with the natural spirit of youth in the amusements of that place, and it has many amusements. Clergymen, yon know, Gentlemen, do not frequently attend balls, or, when there, make it a pradice to dance with their wives. Mrs.. Lee soon found partners and admira tion ; but the Honourable Colonel Blaquiere, a younger son of Lord de ,Blaquiere, was the most as siduous, and the most favoured. He visited an the plaintiff's 'house, ..and . was received with frank and kind hospitality. The colonel's attentions were at length observed ; and Mr. Lee received some ano• nyioods letters on the subject. On receiving the first of those letters, the plaintiff was only indignant at the insolence and meddling of the writer. He shelved it to his wife; she laughed contemptuously at the,charge, and tpld it to Colonel Blaquiere.— Another and another letter followed. Mr. Lee, as sured of the purity Of his wife, and incensed' at the pertinacious malice of the informer, aetually took legal advice as to the mode in which he should punish his spirit of meddling. It was, however, becoming so painfnl to attraa the obserVat ion which • had been evidently produced, that the plaintiff and his wife returned to London. And here (said Mr. Garrow) began the first effect of that unfortunate intercourse with the defendant. The amity and aftedion of husband and wife gradually subsided on her part into coldness, and from coldriesS into aliena tion. Her husband, pained by this sudden inter ruption of his better prospects;, naturally remon strated, and endeavoured to reclaim hers but this woe now beyond his reach—his 'fortune was injured, and his peace put in danger • The danger was not long doubtful. Colonel Blaquiere went abroad with his regiment ; and on his return, with the honours of war thick upon him, was ambiOotis of other dis tinctions. He signalized his return to this country by breaking in upon the peace of an- innocent and honourable man, a fond father, and a most atTec tionate husband. Mrs. Lee and Colonel Blaquiere now live together; they go by the same name, and the shameless and wicked deserter of her legitimate child is now become pregnant by her adulterer. Gentlemen, this is a case which calls for no common punishment. The confidence of the husband—the lenity, the long suff e ri ng , t h e generous frankness which he exhibited in the commencement of a transaEtion, which has ended in making him miser able beyond all the power of your verdid fully to Compensate, call for exemplury damages. • The Rev. B. Lawrence was called to prove the marriage of Francis Lee, bachelor, with Catherine Ball, in July, 1804.. Sculthorp - e, the plaintiff's footman, was then called. He deposed, that he had attended his etas- ter to Mary bone Chapel in 1804 ; they met . a young Lady in the street ; his master took her under his arm, and they walk e d together to the Chapel, where they were married. On his cross-examina tion, he admitted that he had ,acted as father, and given Mrs. Lee away; that , he wore plain cloaths, and that his master had desired him to take the live ry lace off his hat. He could not swear that his master wore black clothes, or the - usual dress of a /Clergyman on that day. The Lady appeared to he between sixteen and seventeen, The Rev. D. Evans knew the plaintiff and his wife since their marriage, and believed them to have lived in perfect. harmony until after their return from Ramsgateln 1806 ; flour that time he observ ! . • ed a coolness ; and for nearly six months before the elopement, he (the witness) almost ceased going to Mrs. Lee's house. She Was very young, very beautiful, and very interesting. She was, as tar as he could judge, rather fond of admiration ; and, from the high circle in which she moved, 'rather too apt to adOpt the fashionable style of dress, and expose her person more than he (the witness) would wish to see his wife do. Her manner was lively and animated, With somewhat of flight and levity, but without the least , tendency to any improper or unfeminine allusion. He saw Mrs. Lee in Hamp shire, in 1805. There was no want of affection in her condo&at that time. In September, 1808, Mr. Lee went to Spain (" What," said Mr. ;arrow, Lee in Spain !") he remained ther . till January, 1809 ; witness did nut believe that he had any official situation, or precise duty, but he brought back dispatches from Mr. Frere. Witness had heard, that in 1807, during a temporary absence of. the plaintiff, Mrs. Lee left her house, and went to her mother's, Mrs. Johnson, in Portland-place, but • returned. , Witness could not be sure that Colonel Blaquiere was in Spain while Mr. Lee was there, but rather thought be Was: Mr. Saunderson, the friend and schoolfellow of the plaintiff, admitted that, during the absence of Mi. Lee . his wife ha-I applied to witness for money, as a loan, till the return of her husband, which, however, -he thought proper not to give. klis. Jima*, ti .• wilt, of the Rev. D. ,:vans, was the 2nd early friend of Mrs. Lee. The Cold: ness which grew between the plaintiff and his wife ' commenc, d after the Ramsgate excursion, anti was frequently exhibited in lit tle Wei cations about extra:- vagance in dress, and other efyminon matters ; but no charge of infidelity, or any thing ten:ling to gross= • ness was, ever brought. Mrs. Lee's general man ners were those of the-highly fashionable society in which she lived. She was an extremely el.-gant and handsome young creature. Her conv ersat i on never touched upon indelicacy ; she was, on the Whole, rather reserved and dignified.. Mrs. Evans was then questioned whether Mrs. Lee had alleged any cause of complaint to her against Mr. Lee. She answered, that the perfect intimacy 'in which she lived with Mrs. Lee of course allowed her many Confidences which she Could not betray with propriety; but ; on being further questioned, whether the plaintiff and his wife had cohabited for some time before'lBo9, she said that they had sepa rate apartments for at least two \years before. A clerk from Messrs. Cox and Greenwood's of- five proved ) that Colonel Blaquiere was a Major in the tooth regiment, but could not say whether he wills about Ito sell his commission. Colour l Blaquiere's letters already alluded to were put in and read. They were unimportant, and con sisted, merely of general expressions of resentment against the writer of the anonytrious letters at Rams gate; and regret that the name of a Mrs. Ramoge had been. introduced in the correspondence. The person who let the lodgings in which Col. Blaquiere and Mrs. Lee lived after their elopement, proved that they lived together with all the appear ance of man and wile. Sarah Salisbury, the housemaid at Mr. Lee's, proved that , they were then living together; and admitted, in a question put to her by Mr. Pit;' that Mr. Lee and his wife had, separate beds for three years before the elopement. The case here dosed on the part of the prosecution.'; Mr. PARK, for the Defendant, would not ofrerid the Jury by going into any of the painful and itn= proper detail which the case seemed to invite. But where it was not an injury that was : required to be punished, but damages sought, the actual circum stances of the parties were to be taken primarily into consideration. " I will not," said Mr. Park, ",press upon the circumstances of the marriage itself.. But there was a m os t i m p roper levity, a most ominous indelicacy in the form of that marriage. I speak as a father:—as the father of daughters, and in that dear and tender relation I say, that nothing could be more injurious to the steadiness and purity of a wo man's, a young and attractive woman's mind, than the lightness and look of intrigue with which that most solemn obligation to obey her husband, was contracted.. No parent presentmet as if by acci-. dent in the street—inveigled to the' altar—a servant brought in m the mirnickry of father; the lace plucked of his hat to disguise him for the moment —the master throwing off the garb of a clergyman, signing himself in the registry asa lay Man, not clerk, but bachelor. And all this the manceuvie of a cler gyman ; a man of forty-five, to impress the sandity of the marriage state, on the mind of a child of six teem! What had been pardonable in a boy of one and : twenty, who carried' ort - the girl of his affectiOns, be comes absurd and,childish, and utterly unbecoming in a grave and elderly man. it was remarkable, that on this trial none of Mrs. Lee's relatives were called forward ,to prove the cordiality of the parties'at any period of their marriage. • We are told that the plaintiff absented hitus'..ll from the bed of his wife for three years before the 'elopement. Gentlemen ; I wish to speak it .with the most genuine respect . for morality and decency; but a man who con demns a most lovely, innocent, affectionate young creature, a girl then of eighteen, to celibacy and so litude, deserves no damages. There is no colour in the evidence for her having.known Col. Blaquiere at Ramsgate. But it her husband valued her ;if he had the common feeling of a man for that most precious and exquisite jewel, a wife's love, how did he cherish her heart, how did he guard the jewel ? I do not ' mean, said Mr. Park, that he should have used re straint ; that be should have become an Argus, or at tempted to oppress the soft and yielding spirit of a woman. But. d i id he bring her into the society of her female relatives ? Did he try to win upon her' by gentleness, and leniency, and love ? No! he left her to negled on his port, and admiration on that of the world. He lef,t- her to ask money of his . friends. He went to S pa i n to amuse his curiosity; this fad came like a surprtze upon my learned friend (Mr. GARRow) and thus left his young'and blooming wife to the first seduction that ventured to approach her. Colonel Blaquiere, a young, and as I understand, 'a handsome and accomplish ed man, met hei ; he suffered himself to give way to the admiration, which I am the last man in the world, to praise him for indulging. The ardour of an admirer was unfortunately capable of too strong a contrast with the coldness and contempt of a bus band. After a long lapse of time the admirer be came the seducer.' Ido not defend, Ido not lessen the great crime which he committed. But you cannot give vindictive damages." NO witnesses were called on the part of the de fendant. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in charging the Jury, stated the principal shapes in which the crime of adultery might be supposed to come before them, and concluded a charge of great dignity and elo quence, by leaving the matter to the Jury. The Jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdid for the plaintiff.—Damages 5001. • THE KING V. THOMAS TEBBUT, This was an india men t tried before a Special Jury, and it charged the defendant who is by profession an Attorney, and Steward of the Manor of Hackney, with having made a false entry in the' Court Rolls of the Manor of Hackney, whereby the prosecutors, Henry Church and Mary his wife were ousted of their freehold property, under an ejealment by means of the said Court Rolls, and the entry so made therein being given in evidence by the defendant ; and which Omit Rolls set forth, that by the said entry certain lands therein mentioned appeared to be copy fold property belonging to the said Manor; where&s the . said lands have be en f ree h o ld property, andas such were possessed by t he said H T ry Church's ancestors upwards of 190 years. The updititment was framed under the Act of the sth of Elizabeth, which makes it extremely penal to make any false entry in the Court Rolls of a Da no,r. The first witness, Henry Church, _dcoose.d,,...thati . . he tvaq seised in fee in right '‘ ‘ f tiwoe; o t li r e lands in tiu:stion; that they were in the itni'y wwds of fin years, without, tntdest a rsb h -, a n d t h at about four years a,,b an ej,..61m. against h.m ; and that the Court litSM of the Matio'r being_ produced, which containe,, ad entry re - entlff .made be the defendant, deSeribnig the land, to be copyhold, wive!) had befo:e that period be,n Con: sideredaS, freehold, a verdict' was at that time dyers against him, and he 'waS Ousted of ;he "sari 6. Hi; further stated, that thicWas ttee first dine 'um: any .such entry Was to be found on the RollS qt the Ma:, This witness und-rwent a very long 'cross examination, but nothing urned our • A Mr. ArroWsmith was called to producb flee Manor BookS, and on his cross examina ion by the- Attorney General for the defendant; it tatted, out that he ; and not Tebbut, the defendant, made ttr entry, such as it was, in the Manor BoOks. It ap peared to have been done very clumsily,' as 1.: ad: nutted that he left a blank to fill up at ItiS tektite, • Here his Lordship i..terfered, and W)Served, that there certainly was something -;‘,/, 11' irretilar re spe:iting this mode ot making an entry, but it wa,t - too much to charge Mr. Tebbut with criminality, because of a mistake in the entry Made by a Clerk; whatever the injury was that the prosecutor may have sustained. That; together with the exce.lent character given of the defendant by a leartird Mr. • Baron Graham, who came for alb purposv, wtmld'have its due weight on the Jury. His Lord ship intimated that'the prosectitor had other : term die:, though he desired it not to be understood he was urging the . n ; but signifying that if - 'witch., and not Mr. Tebbut, 14d done the'wking, he Wait not without redress.- Verdict, Not nor. ROYAL 214,'/IDEMI. No. 94. The Toilet. —A. C l i A ' • This is an admirable speOhnen of withdut any abatement ' . of general spirit. Ori.tbti contrary, the, work is marked. by uncominbl bril liancy and striking effict. The petisi,e lipdt of ti:ci Lady, as if she were meditating on a doutattut con quest, is-weli Contrasted with t h e h umour of the Gentleman rang behind her. The draPery is well rn rand, and the transparency of part of it displat,. great •thechanical dexterity. The lap-dog iS adm.- rably touched, and Aid the accessory objettsericee a very skilful pencil. No. t. Portrait of the. Archbishop of Timm. —M. A; SHE R. A. Mr. SHan has never painted a betted portrait , than the work betbre us; - Thi s i s a w h o l e -l ength of the venerable Prelate, who appears w i t h a di gn i ty , composure, and ,theeliness, suitable to hi s s a cre d calling. The likeness is exad. Tiie whole is im ed in a chaste and manly style, and the cork all' together is an ornament to the Academy. No. 127..1.and-eape. 7 -A. w. CA LeoTt, R.A. This artist has been justly admired for his repre sentations of rustic scenery, - and the rural appear ance of this country in par. tictilar. He has here a , - tempted a bolder flight, and has founded his present work on the model of the Italian style. Far Irvin having failed in this attempt s he has shewn the ver satility of his powers, and hag produced a piett: , resque and beautiful work. Lie has introduced the story of Diana and Actieon, or rather, as we Under= stand, his friend OwEisr paint - cd the figures; tfte work, therefore,is particularly valU a bl e, as i t is sup-, ported by the joint efforts of two of the most ad mired artists ut the day, In their respective pro vinces. . No. rso. A groupe of Portraits.= T. I.Awitssci, R. A. If this had not been so excellent a picture eve should have coticed it more early ; but its merits are of so distingui,hed a nature, that it may well wait for commendation, as the artist may be assured-of receiving it in no small degree from all judicious critics.—This is a repreientation of part ~f the fimily of Sir FRANCIS BARING, viz. ' MIS. WALL, and her brOther, T. BARING, Esq. of their sons, and the late Lady BARING The whole presents an interesting appearance of domestic ease and tranquility. The figures are all 'well disposed. There is nothing like an affected attitude, nor is there the least indication of dulness and insipidity. It is evidently a kindred and harmonious groupe. The lights and shado.‘s are admirably contrasted and united, and the picture altc,gether is a very - magnificent work. No. 86. Landsc BA RIC EA. We have here a very f a i t hf u l an d interesting por trait of nature, in a placid and agreeable aspett.--4 The Artist i, evidently dire&ed by a pure taste, and desirous of representing what he sees, with such a selection As must occur to a judicious ntirid. The scenery blends the charms of cultivation with the grace of nature. The mild lustre of a declining suu is spread over the whole, , except the fore ground, which is thrown into a shade that gives the due gradations of distance. The effed of the departing sun upon the sky is happily given, and the whole is a very pleasing composition. No. Is. ik View at Harrow.—Sir P. BOURGcOis, R.A. This may be properly denominated a clasOcal lrro••• duetion ; for though it is a view in this country, it displays a pieturesque beauty that could only be titto result of a pure taste, and a profound knowledge of art, as well as nature. The cattle are admirably touched, and there is great skill shewn in the tiire shortening of the man who is driving them. TIIe whole excites a pleasing impression of rustic slut _ - No. 121. A View mar Seven Oaks —Ditto. 'We have here a companion to the preceding pie ture, touched-with the same elegant las!e as the . former. The scene, however, is of a more im pressive nature, and exhibits an interesting solem nity. The whole of this picture is in the best styli-, and while the general effed is striking, it is finished with great accuracy in the detail. The length of Parliamentary proceedings, anal other matters of national interest, have prevented us from noiicing many works of great merit in the Exhibition, which closed for the season on Saturthy last; otherwise we should have endeavoured to pay a due tribute to the productions of LAWRENCE, OWEN, NORTHCOTE, PHILLIPS, PE LOUTH ER • BOURG, TURNER, CALCOTT, and other distinguish ed Artists, who do honour to their profession. Nor , should we have over-looked the beautiful Portrait Drawings Q 1 Pups, EpitinnE, &c. and the admirable- Miniatures of SHERIFF, ROBERTSON, W ATTS , ENGLE!! EA R . &C. all of which manifest great ex cellence,.and were 4:,iseutial beauties in their resim;o -1 _Ve departments.